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ight   oflices, lecture rooms and laboratories to meet the growing needs of the I 4     l
Ying , departments for which it was planned. _ ` .
· Mining Engi1z,ce1·io1g B-ztildings—These consist of two buildings, con-
the if structed of pressed brick with oolitic limestone trimmings, set at right ` `
S of   angles to each other and separated with a passage way twenty-tive feet I ·
BOS; 1 wide. '1`he main building is 45::100 feet, two stories high, with base- _ _
mud ig. ment ten feet high. This is used for class rooms, reading room, etc., ,
dces. ‘ and it also contains the State Geological Museum and the offices of the I
j State Department of Mines, with offices for the Chief Inspector of
[t is   Mines and the First Assistant Inspector, The second building is 40x80 ' . .
the   feet and two stories high. It is devoted solely to laboratory work and ` V
ding   is one of the largest mining laboratories in the country. ‘
imed   Obse2·vatorg;—The astronomical observatory is located on the south-
  eastern side of the University campus. It is a substantial brick struc-
p1,O_   ture housing an eight-inch equatorial refractor and other necessary ·
3C€m_   appliances for observational work. ` »
19OS_ Dormit0rics—The two large brick dormitories on the campus afford
Gssed 1 lodging for men. In the assignment of rooms preference is given to ` A
vger . holders of county appointments. [ p
Luauy { PVC-9id€7l¢`S H0me—The President’s home is a commodious two-story I
· brick structure to the east of the Library building. ' A
mgab _· Ooirwncmclaiws Q1mrtcrs—Tlie home of the Commandant of the I
if the t University is a frame cottage near the President’s home. :
anced j University Oommons—A frame building_100x40 feet was erected in
pe the ‘_ 1914 on the campus near the old dormitory where meals are furnished `
{Msgs I to University students at cost.
eading Pattcrsoai HoZZ—This building, the residence of the women students
of the of the University, is a large and handsome threo—story brick structure of
g soil ¥ a hundred and nfty feet front built on a line site of about three acres
room V fronting two hundred and ten feet on South Limestone street, on which _
lso on }_ is a line of the City Electric Railway. Within an eighth of a mile of the
study University on the south, a half mile of the court house, principal hotels V
of the ` and the postoflice on the north, and within easy walking distance of the
_ city churches, Patterson Hall is, for all purposes, admirably located.
lanned The building is heated by steam, lighted by electricity and supplied with
he De-   hydrant and cistern water. It has a front veranda of 142:68 feet, wide
7 feet, , halls, a wardrobe in every bedroom, and conveniently located bath
versity { Pooms. With walks, drives and numerous old forest trees, the spa- V
mtains _ eious front lawn, one of the most beautiful in Lexington, is an invit— ~
j ills place. Ample provision has been made for exercise in the rear `